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| Grulla Morioka |
 |
| Full name |
Grulla Morioka |
| Nickname(s) |
Grulla |
| Founded |
2000 |
| Ground |
Morioka-minami Koen Ground
Morioka, Iwate |
| Capacity |
4988 |
| Chairman |
 Bunji Matsuyoshi |
| Head Coach |
Toru Yoshida |
| League |
Tohoku League |
| 2006 |
Tohoku League, 2nd |
|
|
Grulla Morioka (グルージャ盛岡, Gurūja Morioka?) is a Japanese football (soccer) club based in Morioka, Iwate. It currently plays in Tohoku League, one of the regional football leagues in Japan, and aims to promote themselves to J. League in the future.
[edit] Name origin
"Grulla" is the Spanish word of "crane", which was used in the mon of Nanbu clan of former Morioka Han and later became the local symbol of Morioka.
[edit] History
Initially known as Villanova Morioka (ヴィラノーバ盛岡, Viranōba Morioka?), the team was organized by alumni of Morioka Commercial High School and Morioka Chuo High School in 2000.
In 2003, a nonprofit organization Association of Setting Up a J. League Team in Morioka (Jリーグチームを盛岡に作る会, J Rīgu chīmu wo Morioka ni tsukuru kai?) was founded, and the team was reorganized and changed their name to Grulla Morioka in February 2004 with the intention of achieving elevation to the J. League by 2008.
Under the new organization, former JEF United and Oita Trinita player Shinichi Muto was invited to coach and captain the team with the company of players from the defunct Villanova Morioka and from J2 league. They played their first match on May 9, 2004, and it could be seen as an introduction to the local press beforehand. They won the second devision Tohoku League in 2004 and moved to the first division in 2005. In the same year, they won their first league championship, which was shared with TDK S.C. Toru Yoshida has been coaching the team since 2006.
[edit] Current squad
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 1 |
|
GK |
Hironori Kikuchi |
| 2 |
|
DF |
Kazuya Chikata |
| 3 |
|
DF |
Takafumi Kanazawa |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Takashi Yoshizawa |
| 6 |
|
FW |
Junpei Onodera |
| 7 |
|
MF |
Oomi Sato |
| 9 |
|
FW |
Daisuke Horiuchi |
| 11 |
|
FW |
Ryo Yoshikawa |
| 13 |
|
MF |
Kazunari Takahashi |
| 14 |
|
DF |
Joko Takahashi |
| 16 |
|
DF |
Masaaki Watanabe |
| 17 |
|
FW |
Kenji Tokito |
| 18 |
|
MF |
Manabu Okamura |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 19 |
|
FW |
Kazuhiko Aragaki |
| 20 |
|
MF |
Yuichi Kato |
| 21 |
|
GK |
Kazuya Kohara |
| 23 |
|
GK |
Natsuki Takahashi |
| 24 |
|
DF |
Kosuke Ochiai |
| - |
|
|
Minoru Shirasawa |
| - |
|
|
Jun Suzuki |
| - |
|
|
Shingo Ogura |
| - |
|
|
Yoshifumi Ueyama |
| - |
|
|
Ryota Shimo |
| - |
 |
GK |
Lu Kun-chi |
|
[edit] Recent transfers
- In
- Minoru Shirasawa (from Fuji University)
- Jun Suzuki (from Fuji University)
- Shingo Ogura (from Fuji University)
- Yoshifumi Ueyama (from Cobaltore Onagawa)
- Ryota Shimo (from Cobaltore Onagawa)
- Lu Kun-chi (from Taiwan P.E. College)
- Out
- Yosuke Nishi (to Sony Sendai F.C.)
- Yuya Chiba (to StellAmigo Iwate Hanamaki of F. League)
[edit] Club records and statistics
| Year |
Division |
Pld |
Pts |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Ranking |
Manager |
| 2003 |
Tohoku League div. 2 north |
10 |
18 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
16 |
12 |
+4 |
4th place |
Shinobu Yoshida |
| 2004 |
10 |
28 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
54 |
9 |
+45 |
Champion |
Shinichi Muto |
| 2005 |
Tohoku League div. 1 |
12 |
29 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
36 |
10 |
+26 |
Champion |
| 2006 |
14 |
30 |
11 |
0 |
3 |
32 |
18 |
+14 |
Runner-up |
Toru Yoshida |
[edit] External links
- Fan sites
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